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As soon as Liu Wei returned to the United States, he received a call from Li Tingxuan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Mainly to ask about the situation in Sierra Leone, Liu Wei did not ask much about what happened in New Delhi. Anyway, it's just like that, anyone can figure out the purpose for Ben and India to come together. It's just that Li Tingxuan didn't let go of this incident and made a request to Liu Wei to try to prevent the United States from selling electromagnetic catapults to Yueben.

This incident gave Liu Wei a headache.

Li Tingxuan couldn't help it, because this was the task assigned above.

Before Ikawa Kojiro's visit to New Delhi, the Military Intelligence Bureau obtained relevant information, and Ogi Ronggu, who was hiding on the mainland, also provided some relevant clues, such as the fact that the intelligence agency had been operating in Britain and hoped to obtain relevant technology from Britain to build medium-sized aircraft carriers.

Even so, Ikawa Kojiro's high-profile statement still made Xing Yuanzhao angry.

Since Prime Minister Ben openly claimed that the construction of aircraft carriers was to deal with the mainland navy, which was tantamount to tearing his face, he could not control so much.

At the high-level meeting, Xing Yuanzhao gave instructions: to prevent Yu Ben from obtaining the relevant technology for building medium-sized aircraft carriers at any cost.

This instruction came a little later.

Soon after the meeting, Li Tingxuan received news that before Ikawa Kojiro's visit to New Delhi, he had obtained a full set of design drawings for the "Queen Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier provided by MI5, as well as the production license for some of the main equipment that he could not manufacture, such as the all-electric propulsion system on the aircraft carrier. For this, he paid a huge fee of up to four billion pounds.

Also involved in the deal is India, which is said to have provided £2 billion of the £4 billion.

Although no more detailed information has been obtained, according to Liu Wei's feedback, Li Tingxuan basically concluded that the four billion pounds are part of the huge funds for Tata's purchase of the knighthood, which will be transferred to MI5 by the British royal family, and the British political axe will reduce the budget expenditure of MI5 in the next few years, and then transfer part of the funds to the Thales Group in the form of financial subsidies and tax refunds.

Because it was a secret deal, neither the United Kingdom, nor India had released any relevant information.

Thankfully, all he got was the original design drawings of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier.

Initially, the British decided to use the Leap Deck and were fully involved in the development of the F-35B.

Because this kind of fighter is too complex, the development budget is seriously exceeded, and the number of production is the least among the three models, the US Marine Corps, the British Royal Navy, the Italian Navy and the Spanish Royal Navy will only purchase a maximum of 850 aircraft, if the US Marine Corps reduces the size of the air force, the number of purchases may be reduced to less than 600 aircraft, and the development cost allocated to each fighter will be frighteningly high, so the British Royal Navy changed the original design after the construction of the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier began. Instead, the F-35C was chosen, and an electromagnetic catapult and an E-2D carrier-based early warning aircraft were introduced from the United States, which comprehensively improved the comprehensive combat capability of the aircraft carrier.

If it's just an aircraft carrier with a leaping deck, the threat won't be too great.

It is not that the fighters that leap into the air are not advanced enough, but that the aircraft carriers with the leaping deck cannot carry early warning aircraft, and their comprehensive combat capability is greatly reduced.

The mainland navy has long experienced this.

When carrying out combat missions in the South China Sea, the mainland navy's aircraft carrier battle group must operate with the support of shore-based early warning aircraft, and the distance from the shore should not exceed 1,500 kilometers, and it is best to control it within 1,000 kilometers. Without the all-round battlefield information provided by AWACS, it is difficult for aircraft carriers to survive in modern naval warfare.

The problem is that the shipbuilding industry is very well developed and there is no lack of capabilities to improve aircraft carriers.

With the technical level of the book, there is basically no difficulty in modifying the drawings obtained and changing the jumping deck to the ejection deck.

For this reason, the only way to reduce the threat of the aircraft carrier is to prevent the aircraft carrier from acquiring an electromagnetic catapult.

At this time, Li Tingxuan's long-term vision as a senior intelligence officer was fully reflected.

If traditional means are adopted, the only thing Li Tingxuan can do is to arrange spy personnel to sabotage US-Chinese relations and obstruct the acquisition of necessary technology.

This is effective, but it is impossible to prevent the necessary technology from being obtained.

The reason is very simple: The United States does not object to the possession of aircraft carriers, and even secretly encourages the construction of aircraft carriers to share the combat pressure of the US Navy in the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean.

What the United States opposes is that it places too much emphasis on the offensive capability of the navy.

No matter how big the matter is, after the turmoil calms down, the United States will still sell electromagnetic catapults to Yuben, and will even sell carrier-based early warning planes.

Besides, it is said that Ben has long been prepared to tie the contract for the purchase of electromagnetic catapults with the introduction of the F-22J, and the purchase of the F-35B with the F-35C fighters. The total value of these arms deals is more than 100 billion US dollars, enough to keep the F-22 fighter production line running for another five years, providing unimaginably huge benefits to US arms companies and upstream suppliers, and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in the United States.

These benefits have made the US authorities unable to turn back.

It is not difficult to understand why Norris did not terminate the arms purchase agreement after strongly condemning it.

Fundamentally, it is impossible to prevent Yuben from obtaining an electromagnetic catapult, and it can only be delayed for a few years at most.

More importantly, if the mainland can develop or acquire equipment equivalent to that of the mainland during this period, it will be able to equip the third aircraft carrier with carrier-based early warning aircraft, at least it will not lag behind the navy.

Therefore, Li Tingxuan thought of Liu Wei.

That guy, if he can take an F-22J out of the air, disassemble it and transport it back to China, he will definitely be able to make a name for himself, and maybe he will be able to get a complete set of electromagnetic catapults.

It is this problem that gives Liu Wei a headache, because the electromagnetic catapult is not a fighter that can fly!

Although compared with the steam catapult, the size of the electromagnetic catapult is much smaller, and it can be installed on the aircraft carrier without even destroying the main deck, but counting the supporting equipment, the total mass of a set of electromagnetic catapults is as high as two hundred tons, and the length of the main components is as high as tens of meters.

Even if Liu Wei is a super FOS fighter, he can't steal such a heavy big guy.

There is also an unavoidable question that the electromagnetic catapult is not mass-produced, but individually customized for each aircraft carrier. Although the main surname energy index and size data are similar, the United States has no reason to build an additional set of electromagnetic catapults and wait for Liu Wei to steal them.

If you really want to meet Li Tingxuan's request, you have to go to the "Ford" aircraft carrier, which is being outfitted, and unload the catapult.

Not to mention how difficult it is, there is no such possibility!

After thinking about it, Liu Wei thought of Scott.

After returning to Reno overnight, Liu Wei took Takeuchi Kotone and went to visit the governor of Nevada again.

With the last experience, when he saw Liu Wei again, Scott was only startled and not shocked.

"Mr. Liu, can you say hello when you come and let me know you're coming?"

"Governor, we can't let a second person know about our business, not even the governor's wife."

Scott smiled and put the coffee cup in front of Liu Wei. After Liu Wei helped him fix the coffee machine, he no longer had to drink instant coffee.

"I know, so I didn't tell anyone." When Scott sat down, he glanced at Kotone Takeuchi, who was standing behind Liu Wei.

"She's my shadow, and the governor doesn't have to care." Liu Wei is telling the truth.

"Mr. Liu came to me today, didn't he tell me that Perry's old guy was going to be unlucky, right?"

"Almost, I believe those two things are very satisfying to the governor."

"I am really very satisfied, Perry's approval rating in the party has dropped significantly, but he is still leading in the western region, which is beyond my reach."

"The governor is too modest, I'm afraid the gap between you is not very big, right?"

Scott smiled and said, "Mr. Liu is a smart person, I don't need to explain more, but at present, it seems that if you want to bring down Perry, you have to work harder." ”

"I'm here to discuss this with the governor."

"Oh?" Scott frowned.

"While I'm committed to helping the governor deal with his rivals, the current Republican Party is woefully lacking a commander in chief with strategic vision. If the governor can show the courage and skill to act as a commander-in-chief at the right time, I believe that not only will more party representatives support you, but also increase your prestige. ”

"Mr. Liu is talking about ......"

"Does the governor think that under the current circumstances, Perry dares to stand up and confront the Ming Cooking Party?"

Scott was stunned for a moment, still not understanding what Liu Wei meant.

"Gerald is still in Connecticut, and the second trial hasn't started yet, right? I heard that the judge was a member of the Ming Cook Party, and if Perry wanted to save his reputation, he would definitely not pick his nose and pick his eyes on the policies of the Ming Cook Party. ”

"What is the policy of the Ming Cook Party?"

"The governor doesn't watch the news?" Liu Wei took out his cigar, smiled, and said, "There are so many things happening in New Delhi, it can't be that it has nothing to do with the Mingzhu Party authorities, right?" ”

"You mean ......"

"This incident, at best, has created huge profits for American arms companies and added hundreds of thousands of jobs. At worst, it is cultivating a strong opponent for the United States, leaving behind a huge hidden danger and posing a serious threat to the national interests of the United States. Liu Wei lit his cigar, "Although the governor was born after the war, your father fought in World War II, and your uncle was killed in the Pacific, I believe all Americans will never forget what happened on December 7, 1941." ”

The words were so obvious that Scott couldn't have understood them.

After pondering for a while, Scott asked, "What do you want me to do?" ”

"It's very simple, come out as a patriot and attack the basic policies of the Ming Cook Party, and let everyone know that you are thinking about the national interests of the United States."

Scott nodded thoughtfully and said, "You're right, this is indeed an opportunity. ”

Liu Wei smiled, he was really teachable.

"Mr. Liu, what benefits can you get from this?" Scott asked.

"We take what we need, and we don't interfere with each other." Liu Wei replied very simply.

Scott didn't ask any more questions, and the sanity of politicians told him that the less he knew about these things, the better.

(To be continued)